I have it off and don't notice any difference in focusing speed,or lack of it in low light conditions,
just focus on border of something with contrast ,it could even be the pupil of an eye and the white

Thanks guys! This is good news...I definitely don't want to disable PDAF, but that array bothers the hell out of me haha

Another question: Can you choose which display options the "DISP" toggles through? Basically, I want to set it up so I only have TWO options...1 normal display (that shows the vitals) and then the same but with the level. But I don't want to have to toggle through the 5 different ones EVERY time I want to turn the level on...is it possible to disable the display options I'm not interested in?

Another question: Can you choose which display options the "DISP" toggles through? Basically, I want to set it up so I only have TWO options...1 normal display (that shows the vitals) and then the same but with the level. But I don't want to have to toggle through the 5 different ones EVERY time I want to turn the level on...is it possible to disable the display options I'm not interested in?

If I set it up to disable the LCD during shooting...does the EVF still turn on/off automatically when it senses that my eye is there? Or is it on constantly?

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Menu -> Setup -> FINDER/LCD Setting -> Viewfinder; in that case the viewfinder only lights up when the sensor detects your eye (or any other body part ). Maybe I'm missing a setting where you can have the EVF set to constantly on. I always use the Auto setting, I just tried it set to Viewfinder and found it mega-annoying that I couldn't see if the camera was on or off.

That's great news, I really only want to use the DISP button to enable/disable the level! I wish you could manually turn the EVF off. Thankfully the On/Off button of the 6 is in a very, very intuitive position, but for the past 8 years, I've been shooting with DSLRs, and I never turn them off...I just let them go into standby after 1 minute of inactivity. Can you do that with the NEX? And then just wake it up with a half press of the shutter button?

Another question: I notice that the PDAF are is much smaller than the CDAF...does this mean that the focus is only truly hybrid if you're inside the PDAF rectangle and on the edges of the frame it's CDAF only?

That's great news, I really only want to use the DISP button to enable/disable the level! I wish you could manually turn the EVF off. Thankfully the On/Off button of the 6 is in a very, very intuitive position, but for the past 8 years, I've been shooting with DSLRs, and I never turn them off...I just let them go into standby after 1 minute of inactivity. Can you do that with the NEX? And then just wake it up with a half press of the shutter button?

Another question: I notice that the PDAF are is much smaller than the CDAF...does this mean that the focus is only truly hybrid if you're inside the PDAF rectangle and on the edges of the frame it's CDAF only?

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I don't have a lens with PDAF, so I can't answer your first question. Concerning standby, you can set standby time anywhere between 10 s and 30 minutes (I think) and indeed the camera can be woken up by half-pressing the shutter button.

^^^ Agreed, that wording confused me a little at first as well, but I figured a lot of focus things (ie: cross-type on a DSLR) only work with LARGE apertures, I figured they meant anything bigger than 6.3...